(from the New York Times, Feb 21, 1895)
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Saturday, February 20, 2016
February 20
February 20, 1895: Frederick Douglas died in his home in Washington D.C. at the age of 78. He had been participating that day in a meeting of the Women's National Council and was scheduled to speak later that evening at the nearby Hillside African Church.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
February 26
February 26, 1904: "Rochester's Greatest Fire" Starting before morning in a fuse of an elevator at the Rochester Dry Goods on East Main Street, a fire sweeps through nearly 2 acres of the city. Request for help in battling the blaze was made to Buffalo which sent 26 firemen and Syracuse which sent 30 firemen. The total damage was estimated at over $3 million.
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Saturday, January 3, 2015
Rochester's Worst Winters Storms
Rochester ranks among the top U.S. cities with the most annual snowfall at 92.3 inches, just below our neighbors Syracuse (#1 at 115.6 inches) and Buffalo (93.6 inches). Rochester's official weather station was established in 1870, but the early settlers recorded several large storms in diaries for decades before that. Below are a list of the worst winter storms in Rochester History.
Snow Storms (Post-1870)
1. Feb. 28-March 2, 1900: 43.5 inches
2. Feb. 27-March 3, 1984: 32.7 inches
3. Jan. 29 - Feb. 2, 1966: 28.8 inches
4. Feb. 5-7, 1978: 25.8 inches
5. Dec. 8-11, 1981: 25.4 inches
Snow Storms (Pre-1870)
Top Snowfall in a Season: 1959-60 with 161.7 inches
Ice Storms
Other
Snow Storms (Post-1870)
1. Feb. 28-March 2, 1900: 43.5 inches
2. Feb. 27-March 3, 1984: 32.7 inches
3. Jan. 29 - Feb. 2, 1966: 28.8 inches
4. Feb. 5-7, 1978: 25.8 inches
5. Dec. 8-11, 1981: 25.4 inches
Snow Storms (Pre-1870)
- Jan. 26-27,1839: 2.5-3.0 feet (diary of Edwin Scrantom)
- Feb. 15, 1837: 2.5 feet (diary of Edwin Scrantom)
- Feb. 2-7, 1845: 30 inches
- Feb. 4-6, 1854: 30 inches
Top Snowfall in a Season: 1959-60 with 161.7 inches
Ice Storms
- March 3-4, 1991: 1.5 inches of Freezing Rain, over 135,000 Rochester Area homes without power.
- January 3-5. 1913: Over 1.1 inches of frozen rain.
- April 4-5, 2003: About 100,00 homes lost power.
Other
- Coldest Day: -22 F on February 9, 1934 (the prior day, February 8 also holds a record for that day at -16 F)
- "Top 101 cities with the highest snowfall in year", city-data.com
- Golden Snowball Award
- Rochester History, vol. XXVII, issue , January 1965
- "Rochester Historic Snowfalls", Democrat and Chronicle, March 12, 2014
- "Storm Up State Continues", New York Times, March 3, 1900
- "An Ice Storm Paralyzes Western and Northern New York", New York Times (March 5, 1991)
- Ice Storm of 2003 Left Many Devastated, Democrat and Chronicle, April 5, 2013
- "A Meteorological of Ice Storm Impact Variables in the Rochester, N.Y. Area Including a Probability Analysis of Freezing Precipitation Return Periods for Significant Ice Storms", Mroz, Paul J., WOKR Weather Services, August 20, 1991
- NOAA Weather Records for Rochester, NY
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Thanksgiving Season Food Conservation and Recycling during WWI
Sources:
- Simmon's Spice Mill Vol. XLI, No. 1, pp 1353 (1918)
Monday, November 24, 2014
November 24
November 24, 1883: Rochesterians, including reporter and amateur astronomer Henry C. Maine, observe the "Red Light" or "Red Sunsets" that have been filling the skies all Autumn. There is much speculation about the meteorological or astronomical cause of the strange red and oranges glows in the sky that persist after sunset. The red skies continued for more than two years through 1884 and into the fall of 1885. Theories about the cause included sunspots and solar disturbances, comets, hurricanes and cyclones, and great lake storms. The true cause was the August 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Indian Ocean which spewed ash and sulfur dioxide into atmosphere causing global climate changes through 1888.
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Sources:
- History and work of the Warner observatory, Rochester, N.Y. 1883-1886, Volume 1, pp 53-70 (1887) (source of images)
- Wikipedia: 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
- Rochester History,v9, issue 1 (1947)
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Friday, August 23, 2013
List of U.S. Presidents to Visit Rochester
List of U.S. Presidents to Visit Rochester, N.Y.
Visits of sitting presidents and president-elects:
February 18, 1861: President Abraham Lincoln (16) stops to make some brief remarks in Rochester during his inaugural train trip to Washington, D.C. [1], [2]
May 30, 1892: President Benjamin Harrison (23), New York Governor Roswell Flower, and Frederick Douglas give speeches at the dedication of the Soldiers' Monument commemorating civil war veterans in Washington Park, accompanied by a parade of 10,000 people. The monument includes bronze statues of infantry, cavalry, marine, and artillery soldiers with a central figure of Abraham Lincoln. [9]
August 23, 1911: President William Howard Taft (27), starting what be a two month tour, Taft attends the 45th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Rochester. [30], [31], [32], [33]
October 17, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (32) addresses Rochester area citizens. It was raining. [14]
May 2, 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (32) returns to Rochester. It rained again. [15]
October 8, 1948: Harry S. Truman (33) visits Rochester. [16]
October 15, 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (36) attends a political rally in Rochester. [17]
June 18, 1971: Richard Nixon (37) discusses taxes, Vietnam, drugs, and race relations in Rochester. [18]
October 31, 1977: Gerald Ford (38) visits Rochester. [19]
October 29, 1980: Jimmy Carter (39) attends a political rally in Rochester. [20]
November 1, 1984: Ronald Regan (40) attends a political rally in Rochester. [21],[35]
May 18, 1989: President George H. W. Bush (41) addresses local teachers at the Wilson Magnet High School and business leaders at Kodak on the issue of education. [10], [11], [12]
May 24, 2005: President George W. Bush (43) talks about social security in Greece, N.Y. [13]
March 14, 2006: President George W. Bush (43) again visits Rochester, meets local autistic basketball hero Jason McElwain and gives a speech at Canandaigua High School. [7], [8]
August 22, 2013: President Barack Obama (44) stops for lunch in Rochester on Park Avenue while on a bus tour traveling between Buffalo and Syracuse.
Visits of presidents prior or subsequent to holding office:
July 27 - 28, 1843: Former president John Quincy Adams, at the time serving as a congressman from Massachusetts, spends the evening in Rochester dining at the Eagle hotel and touring Mount Hope Cemetery. [22]
Visits of sitting presidents and president-elects:
February 18, 1861: President Abraham Lincoln (16) stops to make some brief remarks in Rochester during his inaugural train trip to Washington, D.C. [1], [2]
May 30, 1892: President Benjamin Harrison (23), New York Governor Roswell Flower, and Frederick Douglas give speeches at the dedication of the Soldiers' Monument commemorating civil war veterans in Washington Park, accompanied by a parade of 10,000 people. The monument includes bronze statues of infantry, cavalry, marine, and artillery soldiers with a central figure of Abraham Lincoln. [9]
August 23, 1911: President William Howard Taft (27), starting what be a two month tour, Taft attends the 45th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Rochester. [30], [31], [32], [33]
May 2, 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (32) returns to Rochester. It rained again. [15]
October 8, 1948: Harry S. Truman (33) visits Rochester. [16]
May 17, 1963: Dwight Eisenhower gives a keynote speech at the Eastman Theatre. [37]
October 15, 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (36) attends a political rally in Rochester. [17]
June 18, 1971: Richard Nixon (37) discusses taxes, Vietnam, drugs, and race relations in Rochester. [18]
October 31, 1977: Gerald Ford (38) visits Rochester. [19]
October 29, 1980: Jimmy Carter (39) attends a political rally in Rochester. [20]
November 1, 1984: Ronald Regan (40) attends a political rally in Rochester. [21],[35]
May 18, 1989: President George H. W. Bush (41) addresses local teachers at the Wilson Magnet High School and business leaders at Kodak on the issue of education. [10], [11], [12]
May 24, 2005: President George W. Bush (43) talks about social security in Greece, N.Y. [13]
March 14, 2006: President George W. Bush (43) again visits Rochester, meets local autistic basketball hero Jason McElwain and gives a speech at Canandaigua High School. [7], [8]
August 22, 2013: President Barack Obama (44) stops for lunch in Rochester on Park Avenue while on a bus tour traveling between Buffalo and Syracuse.
Visits of presidents prior or subsequent to holding office:
July 27 - 28, 1843: Former president John Quincy Adams, at the time serving as a congressman from Massachusetts, spends the evening in Rochester dining at the Eagle hotel and touring Mount Hope Cemetery. [22]
June 10, 1884: New York Governor Grover Cleveland gives a speech at Rochester's Semi-centennial celebration. He would go on to win the presidential election that November.
June 13, 1900: New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt gives a speech at the University of Rochester's semi-centennial. [37]
1920: Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Rochester in conjunction with the League of Nations Field Day.
October 19, 1932: Presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt visits Rochester to support the candidacy of Lieutenant Governor Lehman.
October 1,1959: Senator John F. Kennedy gives a speach at the University of Rochester on -Soviet relations. He also spoke at the Temple B’rith Kodesh Temple Club on the state of Israel. [25], [27], [37]
September 28, 1960: Senator John F. Kennedy gives a speech at the Rochester War Memorial. [26]
November 1, 1960: A week before the election, Vice President Richard Nixon delivers a speech at the Rochester War Memorial Auditorium during his unsuccessful first campaign for the Presidency against John F. Kennedy. [3]
1920: Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Rochester in conjunction with the League of Nations Field Day.
October 19, 1932: Presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt visits Rochester to support the candidacy of Lieutenant Governor Lehman.
October 1,1959: Senator John F. Kennedy gives a speach at the University of Rochester on -Soviet relations. He also spoke at the Temple B’rith Kodesh Temple Club on the state of Israel. [25], [27], [37]
September 28, 1960: Senator John F. Kennedy gives a speech at the Rochester War Memorial. [26]
November 1, 1960: A week before the election, Vice President Richard Nixon delivers a speech at the Rochester War Memorial Auditorium during his unsuccessful first campaign for the Presidency against John F. Kennedy. [3]
1966: Richard Nixon gives the commencement speech at the University of Rochester [37]
October 14, 1976: Candidate Jimmy Carter makes a campaign stop in Rochester. [28]
October 14, 1976: Candidate Jimmy Carter makes a campaign stop in Rochester. [28]
October 17, 1983: Jimmy Carter gives a lecture at the University of Rochester titled, “Striving for a Just Society." [37]
February 1988: Senator Joe Biden, after recently bowing out as candidate for the democratic presidential primary, gives a speech at the University of Rochester. Later that night, he would develop a headache that would shortly after be diagnosed as a life threatening aneurysm. He would not return to work in Congress for six months while he recovered. [36],[37],[38]
May 23, 1997: George H. W. Bush gives the commencement speech at the Rochester Institute if Technology. [34]
October 20, 2011: Former President Bill Clinton gives a speech at the University of Rochester Meliora Weekend. [4],[5],[37]
October 19, 2012: Former President Bill Clinton returns to Rochester to attend a political rally at the Riverside Convention Center. [6]
May 23, 1997: George H. W. Bush gives the commencement speech at the Rochester Institute if Technology. [34]
October 20, 2011: Former President Bill Clinton gives a speech at the University of Rochester Meliora Weekend. [4],[5],[37]
October 19, 2012: Former President Bill Clinton returns to Rochester to attend a political rally at the Riverside Convention Center. [6]
July 27, 2015: Vice President Joseph Biden and NY governor Andrew Cuomo hold a press conference in Greece, NY announcing that Rochester has been selected for the site of the headquarters for the new American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics. [39], [40], [41]
April 10, 2016: Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in a hanger at the Monroe County Airport. [29]
References
[1] Rochester History (July 1940) v. 2, n. 3, pg 4
[2] Rochester History (July 1943) v. 5, n. 3, pg 17-18
[3] The American Presidency Project: Richard Nixon, University of California, Santa Barbara
[4] http://rochester.ynn.com/content/all_news/561216/bill-clinton-speaks-at-u-of-r-s-meliora-weekend/
[5] http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3767
[6] http://www.whec.com/news/stories/s2801765.shtml
[7] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5280947
[8] http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2006-03-14-bush-autistic_x.htm
[9] History of Rochester and Monroe County, New York (1908); Peck, William F.; page 108
[10] Rochester History (Fall 1989) v. 51, n. 4, pg 13
[11] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=17041
[12] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=17043
[13] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=64547&st=Rochester&st1=
[14] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15196&st=Rochester&st1=
[15] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15891&st=Rochester&st1=
[16] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=13037&st=Rochester&st1=
[17] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=26605&st=Rochester&st1=
[18] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=3049&st=Rochester&st1=
[19] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=6574&st=Rochester&st1=
[20] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=45388&st=Rochester&st1=
[21] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=39364&st=Rochester&st1=
[22] The Memoirs of John Quincy Adams: comprising portions of his diary. Volume 11, pg 397
[23] http://photo.libraryweb.org/carlweb/jsp/FullRecord?databaseID=716&record=64&controlNumber=11844
[24] http://photo.libraryweb.org/carlweb/jsp/FullRecord?databaseID=716&record=85&controlNumber=4465
[25] http://www.rochester.edu/news/kennedy-in-rochester/
[26] http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/JFK-Speeches/Rochester-NY_19600928.aspx
[27] http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKCAMP1960-1030-006.aspx
[28] https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0204/1512087.pdf (pg47)
[29] Democrat and Chronicle, April 11, 2016 http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/04/10/donald-trump-rally-rochester-jobs/82872624/
[30] New York Times, "Taft Back Home, Then Away Again", November 02, 1911
[31] Library of Congress, The Grand Army of the Republic and Kindred Societies - National Encampments: Bibliography
[32] Library of Congress, President Taft at G.A.R. convention, Rochester, New York (photo)
[33] ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT TAFT TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC AT CONVENTION HALL ROCHESTER NY AUGUST 23 1911
[34] From the archives: George H.W. Bush addresses RIT Class of 1997
[35] Ronald Regan Youtube Library,
President Reagan's Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Rochester, New York on November 1, 1984
April 10, 2016: Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in a hanger at the Monroe County Airport. [29]
References
[1] Rochester History (July 1940) v. 2, n. 3, pg 4
[2] Rochester History (July 1943) v. 5, n. 3, pg 17-18
[3] The American Presidency Project: Richard Nixon, University of California, Santa Barbara
[4] http://rochester.ynn.com/content/all_news/561216/bill-clinton-speaks-at-u-of-r-s-meliora-weekend/
[5] http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3767
[6] http://www.whec.com/news/stories/s2801765.shtml
[7] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5280947
[8] http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2006-03-14-bush-autistic_x.htm
[9] History of Rochester and Monroe County, New York (1908); Peck, William F.; page 108
[10] Rochester History (Fall 1989) v. 51, n. 4, pg 13
[11] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=17041
[12] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=17043
[13] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=64547&st=Rochester&st1=
[14] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15196&st=Rochester&st1=
[15] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15891&st=Rochester&st1=
[16] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=13037&st=Rochester&st1=
[17] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=26605&st=Rochester&st1=
[18] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=3049&st=Rochester&st1=
[19] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=6574&st=Rochester&st1=
[20] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=45388&st=Rochester&st1=
[21] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=39364&st=Rochester&st1=
[22] The Memoirs of John Quincy Adams: comprising portions of his diary. Volume 11, pg 397
[23] http://photo.libraryweb.org/carlweb/jsp/FullRecord?databaseID=716&record=64&controlNumber=11844
[24] http://photo.libraryweb.org/carlweb/jsp/FullRecord?databaseID=716&record=85&controlNumber=4465
[25] http://www.rochester.edu/news/kennedy-in-rochester/
[26] http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/JFK-Speeches/Rochester-NY_19600928.aspx
[27] http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKCAMP1960-1030-006.aspx
[28] https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0204/1512087.pdf (pg47)
[29] Democrat and Chronicle, April 11, 2016 http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/04/10/donald-trump-rally-rochester-jobs/82872624/
[30] New York Times, "Taft Back Home, Then Away Again", November 02, 1911
[31] Library of Congress, The Grand Army of the Republic and Kindred Societies - National Encampments: Bibliography
[32] Library of Congress, President Taft at G.A.R. convention, Rochester, New York (photo)
[33] ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT TAFT TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC AT CONVENTION HALL ROCHESTER NY AUGUST 23 1911
[34] From the archives: George H.W. Bush addresses RIT Class of 1997
[35] Ronald Regan Youtube Library,
President Reagan's Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Rochester, New York on November 1, 1984
[36] Flegenheimer, Matt "THE LONG RUN: Biden’s First Run for President Was a Calamity. Some Missteps Still Resonate." (June 3, 2019) New York Times
[37] "Ask the archivist: Was that a US president on the Quad?" (November 12, 2020) University of Rochester
[38] Newman, Meredith "What Joe Biden learned from his life-threatening brain aneurysms" (August 14, 2020) Deleware News Journal
[39] "Vice President Biden, Governor Cuomo announce that Rochester will be headquarters for nation’s newest manufacturing innovation hub." (July 27, 2015) University of Rochester
[40] "Governor Cuomo and Vice President Biden Announce the AIM Photonics Headquarters in Rochester", YouTube, University of Rochester
[41] "FACT SHEET: Vice President Biden Announces New Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Innovation Hub in Rochester, New York", White House Office of the Vice President, Archives.gov
Sunday, August 14, 2011
August 14
August 14, 1884: The body of Lt. Kislingbury, second in command of the Greely Arctic Expedition, is exhumed from Mount Hope Cemetery to investigate allegations of cannibalism. Kislingbury had been laid in state at Rochester City Hall four days earlier. Inspection of the body revealed that flesh had been stripped from the bone, confirming the rumors.
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